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A WHO field staff talks to a woman fetching water from a water catchment tank in Kiribati.
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Gina Tacunata (middle), midwife at the Magallanes Barangay Health Center, tells her story to Wojciech Asztabski (right), WHO Logistics, and Dr Aileen Kithcing (left), WHO Health Cluster Coordinator, during the onslaught of the typhoon.
Gina Tacunata (middle), midwife at the Magallanes Barangay Health Center, tells her story to Wojciech Asztabski (right), WHO Logistics, and Dr Aileen Kithcing (left), WHO Health Cluster Coordinator, during the onslaught of the typhoon.
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WHO is working with the government during the current dzud to minimize disruptions to access and delivery of health care services.
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Field guide for preparedness and response to diphtheria outbreaks in the Western Pacific Region
Due to high routine vaccination coverage, overall counts of diphtheria case have significantly declined in the Western Pacific Region recently. However,...
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Five keys for safer traditional food markets: risk mitigation in traditional food markets in the Asia-Pacific...
Traditional food markets play important economic, cultural, and social role and are sources of livelihood for millions of people in urban and rural areas....
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